Mission to Mars [videorecording (DVD)] / by Touchstone Pictures presents a Jacobson Company production ; produced by Tom Jacobson ; screenplay by Jim Thomas & John Thomas and Graham Yost ; directed by Brian De Palma.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000. Includes audio commentary by director of photography Stephen H. Burum, visual effects supervisors John Knoll and Hoyt Yeatman and production designer Ed Verreaux, Visions of Mars original documentary, visual effects analysis of scenes The vortex, Leaving the ship and Evolution (with audio commentary by visual effects supervisors John Knoll and Hoyt Yeatman), animatics to scene comparisons of Losing Woody and Planetarium, production art galleries of the scenes Abandoning ship, In space, Mars landscape, Martian, The face and Vortex, theatrical trailer, and DVD-ROM features (Mission to Mars specialist exam, enhanced playback tracks, and original theatrical website). "Enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions"--Container. Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, Kim Delaney, Elise Neal, Peter Outerbridge, Jill Teed, Kavan Smith, Tim Robbins.
Summary:
In the year 2020, something goes terribly wrong on the first manned mission to Mars. NASA launches the Mars Recovery Mission to investigate and bring back survivors, if there are any.
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